Edwards marched with workers

Former Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards stood beside janitors who were striking at the University of Miami:

About aquarter of the 425 janitors and other contract workers employed byUNICCO Service Co. at the university have been on strike since earlyMarch over alleged unfair labor practices. They want to organize aspart of the Service Employees International Union, but the company hasdisputed their organizing tactics.

"No Americans should be working full-time and still living inpoverty," Edwards told the crowd. "This struggle is about earning awage, about having health care benefits, about everyone in America, notjust a few, having a shot at the American dream.

University President Donna Shalala has said the school wouldnot take a position on the unionization of striking janitors at thecampus. But the university took out an ad Tuesday in The Miami Heraldcriticizing the union's organizing tactics, which it said aredisrupting the school's academic programs.

John Edwards has been back in the spotlight this week, especially after becoming the first Democrat to call on Alberto Gonzales to probe the Administration's conduct before the Iraq war regarding intelligence.